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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Communism takes hold in Czechoslovakia, what does Kovály note about the confessions issued by arrested individuals?
(a) They are full of Party verbiage.
(b) They are heart-wrenching
(c) They are read in Russian.
(d) They are sarcastic.

2. How long is Kovály bedridden with illness after her last meeting with Margolius?
(a) Three months.
(b) About one month.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Nine months.

3. In what year is Kovály summoned to appear before a party committee?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1969.

4. Where is Ivan living at the time of the 1960s occupation of Czechoslovakia?
(a) Yugoslavia.
(b) Canada.
(c) Great Britain.
(d) Austria.

5. Who else becomes seriously ill while Kovály recovers from her illness?
(a) Machova.
(b) Merenka.
(c) Ivan.
(d) Margolius.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take Kovály to obtain the document she needs in order to arrange her life?

2. Who greets Kovály and Margolius at the anniversary celebration?

3. What is Pavel Kovály said to have had no interest in?

4. How does Kovály leave Prague after the news of the new governments accession?

5. After the power change in 1956, what do soviet satellite nations begin to do?

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